Childhood Lost

Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).

Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.

Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism

(John Dachel, Tech. assist.)

"What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless."

John Stone,

UK media editor, Age of Autism

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"The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country."

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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Urbana, IL: Teachers meet to learn 'calming strategies' for students

Jan 10, 2018, Urbana (IL) News—Gazette: Preston Williams principal details improvement plans to Urbana school boardhttp://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-01-10/preston-williams-principal-details-improvement-plans-urbana-school-board.htmlDr. Preston L. Williams Jr. Elementary School Principal Danielle Jackson and Assistant Principal Thomas Magers appeared Tuesday night before the Urbana school board, where they outlined the school's concerted efforts to improve the 440 students' academic progress and social and emotional growth. …
— Second, the team at Williams is helping the children to develop self-management skills to boost academic progress and social and emotional growth.
Magers said teachers meet each morning to learn "calming strategies" and cultivate what Jackson called "a positive classroom climate."
Then, during the school day, the students use problem-solving tools to complete "social emotional learning lessons," Magers said.